My 'Blast from the Past' this week involved a trip to Thursley Common on the 29th March 2003 to see a Great Grey Shrike; a species that has become very uncommon in not only Hampshire, but also the UK. Global Warming perhaps? I had done a trip to Titchfield Haven and also the Canal Path earlier in the day and notched up a few interesting birds on an overcast morning and then headed north into Surrey to see the Shrike. Here is my account of that day:
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